MacArthur Foundation

🎉 Meet the 2024 MacArthur Fellows! These 22 exceptionally creative individuals redefine their fields with imagination and intention. They shift how we connect to one another, through our shared history and our stories. #MacFellow The 2024 MacArthur Fellows are: 🌾 Loka Ashwood, sociologist 💻 Ruha Benjamin, transdisciplinary scholar and writer 🎤 Justin Vivian Bond, artist and performer 📝 Jericho Brown, poet 🎧 Tony Cokes, media artist 📱 Nicola Dell, computer and information scientist 🎻 Johnny Gandelsman, violinist and producer 🎥 Sterlin Harjo, filmmaker 📖 Juan Felipe Herrera, poet, educator, and writer 📚 Ling Ma, fiction writer 📜 Jennifer L. Morgan, historian 🦎 Martha Muñoz, evolutionary biologist 📓 Shailaja Paik, historian 🪲 Joseph Parker, evolutionary biologist 🎨 Ebony G. Patterson, multimedia artist 🩰 Shamel Pitts, dancer and choreographer 📷 Wendy Red Star, visual artist 🎒 Jason Reynolds, children’s and young adult writer ⚖️ Dorothy Roberts, legal scholar and public policy researcher 🪐 Keivan Stassun, science educator and astronomer 🐋 Benjamin Van Mooy, oceanographer ♿ Alice Wong, writer, editor, and disability justice activist Learn more about the Fellows and their work on our website: https://lnkd.in/gGEsYSJY

Red-teaming methods, where teams use adversarial methods to identify vulnerabilities in systems, are being adapted to evaluate generative #AI. A research report by grantee Data & Society Research Institute and AI Vulnerability Database found that red-teaming can be more effective when it is shaping systems in development, rather than already built systems. Read more of their findings ⬇️ https://bit.ly/4ioYZxF

“In one of the IWMF reports, our survey showed that younger women journalists leave the news industry because of harassment they receive, primarily online, but also in person." Elisa Lees Muñoz, Executive Director of grantee International Women's Media Foundation, speaks with The AFRO-American Newspapers about challenges faced by women in newsrooms. Read more ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/gZA6SCPU

Only 8 percent of journalists report that they cover climate issues like energy and the environment, compared to 28 percent for political coverage. Council for the Advancement of Science Writing's new Climate News Task Force is working to increase the quantity, quality, and reach of that coverage. Learn more ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/gPYDc8Pp

Creating safer online environments for young people is a complex matrix of issues. Participants at Center for Democracy & Technology's recent symposium on children’s online safety identified practical, evidence-based next steps. Among them are making safety settings default rather than opt-in and supporting digital literacy. Read more insights ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/gr-wuxde

"As a nation, we’ve debated the way [monuments] can shape, distort or deny our collective understanding of the past." Lisa Yun Lee, executive director of grantee National Public Housing Museum, shares how monuments help people engage with history as well as contemporary issues. Read more at Chicago Tribune Media Group ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/gbcPfefd

15% to 20 percent of the world population — including over 50 million Americans — is neurodivergent. In an opinion piece for The Tennessean, #MacFellow Keivan Stassun shares how employers can better support neurodivergent talent. Read more ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/g8BN6kcn

Dance education, artistic skill-building, and informative gallery exhibitions are just a few of the ways arts and culture organizations help enrich communities in Chicago. Fifteen arts and culture organizations will receive 2025 Culture Equity and the Arts awards, totaling $3.2 million over three years. Meet the awardees! 🔗 https://lnkd.in/dSnGQRFa

"So many people have amazing investigative aptitudes and skills but were never thought of as investigative reporters." In a recent Grantee Story, Type Investigations’ Director of Partnerships, Noy Thrupkaew, shares how the organization seeks to produce high-impact investigative journalism while building equity in the industry. Read more ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/gA9zppKQ

Many nonprofit leaders report that political uncertainty and funding cuts are negatively impacting their organizations. The Center for Effective Philanthropy shared in a Snapshot Research report that nonprofits need more unrestricted support to weather federal funding freezes as many state and local budgets shift. Read more ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/e-9AzJnk